Topic: Official Specs for StarTrek Legacy

[SkyFlyer]

OP takes around 1 gig an installation.

[Chris Jones]

I am playing Legacy on the following:

Pentium 4
1.6 processor
1 gig ram
256 meg ATI Radeon 9550
Audigy 2 ZS sound card

I removed folder called PostProcess in the Game Directory folder called 'Shaders'..

runs like a top..

[Heavens Eagle]

So Chris how does Legacy play?  I have been burned by so many garbage code games lately that I always see what the concensus is before buying.  Fear was one that was a real Royal PITA!  It had bad audio problems but before that they sabotaged it so that if you had ever "HAD" image making software on you machine (Alchohol or Gamedrive) the game wouldn't load and play.  Even if you had removed the programs the game would find elements of them and still not run.  I won't buy another Sierra game just because of it.  Sad because FEAR was really a pretty good game.

Anyway, back on subject, How is Legacy?

[Just plain old Punisher]

I got the game for christmas, and while the models are fairly attractive -- the damn controls are impossible to use. Here check out the gamespot review.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/startreklegacy/review.html?sid=6163147

[Ravok]

The game is a god awful train wreck. I threw it away yesterday.

 Its unplayable,frustrating,and flawed to the core. Rules on this forum prohibit me using more descriptive words,to really voice my opinion on this abomination.

 I also got the 360 version for Christmas,but haven't played it yet.
 I'm very upset, you cant upgrade as promised. And will probally just try to forget, this abortion was ever created.

[FPF-AJTK]

Ive got it on the PC and while I CERTAINLY can understand Ravok's frustration, it aint quite as bad as he makes out. My worst complaint is what someone said above, that the controls are fricken impossible, at least on the 360. You keep pushing down on the left stick, which toggles sub-system targeting on and off.

Also, much as Tactical Assault on psp, some of the missions where you have to protect the ai that suddenly becomes Timmy2000 off southpark when he is on your side are frustrating to the max. Coupled with no in game save, that means when you do your oh, I dont know, 148th sub-sub objective during a turn, and the frigate wingman you are protecting dies from the 4 ai cruisers attacking it, you have to start all over.

Still, its fun eye candy and nice models. Worth buying Id say.

[Dash Jones]

I can't understand why you people have all this trouble with the controls.  Hell, if you have a problem simply target with the F button and hit the spacebar and the ship will actually right itself.  In fact the F button control (yes F button ironically) seems to make controls really simple overall, and makes your phasers more maximized (though those who go after using photon torpedoes will have a problem overall since it seems to try to optimize more for phaser use than torpedo use, I don't think torpedo use comes into the equation with the F key in most cases).

Hell, did NO one figure out how the F key perhaps makes this one of the EASIEST games to control in history...and do none of you own a gaming keyboard?

However, without a gaming Keyboard, or an Xbox controller for the PC, I can probably see how someone MIGHT get frustrated over the entire thing, especially with how the mouse works and being cornered into using their set default controls without really being able to change it all around.

I WILL agree with the statement on the missions...some of them are...pure frustration.  I've experienced this WITH ALL of bethesda's ST releases...it seems they cater more to old schooler type thoughts on gaming where you have to play over and over again with no in game save on missions that can be dang hard...made harder because the AI acts so stupid sometimes.

[The_Joker]

The trick to the controls is to not try to use the mouse and WASD in conjunction, unless you really have a good idea of your bearing.  If you lock a target, it will stay centered on your screen as long as you don't use the mouse.  There is an alternative fire button (ctrl for primary, alt for secondary).  I've found that I rarely even use the mouse except for camera panning and have very little problems with the controls.

[Scottish Andy]

Hi All,

I just got an X-Box 360 on Friday and in between blasting the Locust Hordes and exploring Bolivia with Lara, I am feeling the need for some Star Trek action. I know that 'Star Trek Legacy' has not been well received on the PC, but is it okay for the X-Box? The reviews above are... off-putting, as they seem evenly split.

X-Box users, what say you? Yay (and why) or nay (and why)? I want to be informed before I potentially waste $50 to $70 on this.

Any comments gratefully received.

[Dash Jones]

If you are a hardcore startrek fan, it's a MUST buy for the Xbox360.  I find the controls are not hard on the Xbox360 at all.  However, some of the missions can be frustratingly hard...in which I mean, Bethesda must be a fan of the old old games that make you have to figure out some inane puzzle in order to proceed.  Doable, but can get one frustrating.  However it felt like a star trek mission when you were playing the missions, luckily unlike Kirk and Picard, if you get blown up whilst trying to accomplish the mission, or your friends bite the big one, you can always redo it.

It's a decent game even for the casual gamer.  You won't get as big a kick out of finally being able to play the destroyer (as outlined in the Star Trek technical manual for the TOS which only has one nacelle) from the TOS era, or all the ships basically out of the star trek universe available, but it offers decent gameplay and challenging missions.
However, if you aren't a hardcore star trek fan I'd suggest investing in Marvel Ultimate Alliance first or Dead Rising, both GREAT games (though Marvel Ultimate Alliance suffers from the same problem as Legacy as far as some of the end bosses go, I about threw down my controller in frustration on one of them, if it hadn't been my cousins machine I might have smashed the 360 too, but he kept me in check...).